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Aeque valens, ferri humedet ramenta, rigetque; w
Hxc folvens fubito bullit fervore, cietque
Motum, inparticulis ingentem, dum fibi eunda
Intervalla aperit chalybis, penetratque rcclufos
Incurrendo aditus: ponunt non antelurores,
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Quam ferri partes a fefe avulferic ipfis
Singillatim omnes, folafque ambiverit unda
Undique complexa valido (ecum fluitantes»
Jam non illa poteft, poterat velut ante , calore
Tolli aliquo; magno vix ferrum liquerit igne.
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Nonne vides harum veras exillere vires
Undarum in ferrum, ferrique exillere in undas?
litam 1 nrxterea fundatur fi fuper undam
Ni-
ticu lam c o n flitu u n t ejufdem g r a
vitatis fpccificx cum ipfo . Ec id
quid em videtur a d m o d u m 'p r o b a
b ile haberi in quavis diffolucione .
i* E n aliud fimile a rg u m e n
t u m , quod N c v v t o n u s fic expref-
fic „ C u m fpiritus v i t r i o l i > fali
, , v u l g a r i , yel fali n itro a ffufus,
„ ebullition em c i c t ,
te
coalefcic
„ cum fa lc ;
te
in diftillando fpi-
,, ritus falis v u lg a r is , vel falis
, , n itri m u lto facilius , quam a n -
„ tca , afeendit $ fpiritus v itrioli
„ a u te m pars acida in fra in vase
„ rcftat 5 annon h in c colligi p o-
„ t c f t , fixum A lk a li falis,acidum
„ vitrioli fpiritum 1 fortius utique,
, , q u am fuum ipfius fpiritum fa-
„ lis , fibi attrahere
\te
q u o n i-
, , am utrum q u e fimul detinere
,, n on poteft , fuutn ipfius dim it-
„ tere
}
„ H ic quidern illud p o -
reft a c c id e r e , q u o d e g o a rbitror
cfl« com m u n e om n ib u s praecipi
t a t io n ib u s . U b i aliquis liquor in
d iflo lu tio n e
circum pofitus circa
particulam folidam , a qua eft at-
tra riu s, efform avit cu m g lo b u lu m ,
q u em in fuperiorc adn otation c
e x p o f u i , fi n o va •adveniat fubftan
tia , cujus p articulx plus attrah an t
illud flu id u m , q u am attraheret
ip fu m illa centralis particula p rio
ris g lo b u li $ fluid um id e m affu n
d itur circa h an c n o v a m particu*
lam ,
te
cum ipfa n o v u m g lo b u
lum e ffo r m a t : p o teft eod em pa
cto accidere , ut b in o ru m fluido*
rum p a rtic u lx c o n ju n g a n t u r ,
te
n o v u m fluidum effo rm e n t , q u o d
n on h abeat vim a ttra riiv a m re-
fp eriu prioris illius p a r tic u lx fo -
h d x : id accidere p o te ft ex n o v a
f o r m a , q u am in d ucu n t p a r tic u lx
fluid orum c o m m i x t x , v e l ex e o ,
q uod particula illa folidi x q u e re
pellatur a particulis n o vi flu id i,
ac attrah ebatur a p rioribus : relin
qu itu r in u tro q u e cafu illa p rio r,
q u x pofita in cen tro prioris g l o
buli fu ftin e b a tu r,
te
vel p on d ere
fuo fp onte d e c id it , vel in e x a l-
tatiovuy re lin quitur a fluidis e vo ^
la n t m b s .
^ A d d it cum N c v v t o n o v e h e m e n -
tiores co m m ix to ru m q u o ru n d a m
co rp o ru m ferm en tation es calidas,
c o n fla g ra tio n e s , deton ation es : e n
ipfa N c v v t o n i v erba , cujus v c fti-
giis hic ubique infiftir m u lto pref-
f i u s , q u am a l i b i . „ C u m o le u m
„ vitrioli e n itro pari p o n d e re
,, diftiilatur , fic e x utrifq u c clici-
„ tur fp iritus nitri c o m p o fit u s ;
, , ifteque fpiritus d up la p o r tio n e
, , effufus o le o ca ry o p h y llo ru m ,
„ vel o le o cx cari fe m in ib u s ,
9, v el o le o cuivis p o a d e r o fo c x
